Vaccinated pregnant ladies pass significant degree of antibodies to infants: Study Kumar Jeetendra | September 23, 2021 Women who receive the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy pass high levels of antibodies to their babies, according to a study. The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines lies in their ability to trigger the production of the right antibodies, blood proteins capable of protecting individuals from infection, researchers said. Whether this protection could pass from mothers to …
WHO announces a global decrease in COVID-19 cases that are new Kumar Jeetendra | September 22, 2021 The number of new COVID-19 cases continued to fall last week, with 3.6 million new cases reported globally, down from 4 million new infections the previous week, the World Health Organization said. Last week’s drop marked the first substantial decline for more than two months, with falling COVID-19 cases in every world region. In its …
UK starts trial of multivariant COVID-19 vaccine booster Kumar Jeetendra | September 21, 2021 A phase one trial of a multivariant COVID-19 vaccine booster drug has got underway among participants aged over 60 in the UK. The trial, involving GRT-R910, has been launched by US pharmaceutical company Gritstone in collaboration with the University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. It will explore the potential of the drug …
India govt will not accepting Pfizer, Moderna vaccines in the midst of nearby yield: Report Kumar Jeetendra | September 21, 2021 India’s government will not buy COVID-19 shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, three government sources told Reuters, mainly because domestic output of more affordable and easier-to-store vaccines has jumped. That essentially means the globally popular vaccines, which their makers have pledged not to sell to private parties during the pandemic, will not be available for now in the …
New Cryopreservation Excipient Helps Accelerate Cell Therapy Product Development Kumar Jeetendra | September 21, 2021 AMSBIO has launched STEM-CELLBANKER® EX – a next generation cryopreservation product that eliminates the need for the traditional washing steps required in cell therapy product development. Rapid developments in cell, tissue, and gene therapies over the last decade have redefined what a cell therapy can be. The use of living cells as the active medicinal …
HealthCube and Karkinos Healthcare rolled out cancer screening camp for women in Chikkaballapur Kumar Jeetendra | September 20, 2021 Bangalore, 20th September 2021: HealthCube, a diagnostics solution provider with the vision of transforming healthcare through the delivery of point-of-care diagnostics, has set-up cancer screening camps in Chikkaballapur, Karnataka to test for early signs/symptoms of the four major cancers, breast, oral, cervical and colorectal. The screening across the 6 taluks will be in accordance with …
Researchers move forward in the development of microbial fuel cells Kumar Jeetendra | September 18, 2021 A UCLA-led group of engineers and chemists have taken an important step in the creation of fuel cells made by microbial organisms which is a method that makes use of natural bacteria to pull electrons out of organic material within the water to create electrical currents. A research paper detailing the groundbreaking technology was published …
Coronavirus vaccines gave by India recently for UN peacekeepers depleted : UN spokesperson Kumar Jeetendra | September 18, 2021 The stock of COVID-19 vaccines donated by India earlier this year for UN peacekeepers has been exhausted, a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. Stphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, said at the daily press briefing on Friday that the UN received a donation of 3,00,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the Government of …
US clinical specialists to decide on Pfizer COVID-19 supporters Kumar Jeetendra | September 17, 2021 US medical experts will be meeting on Friday to debate and vote on the controversial question of giving out booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to the general population. President Joe Biden’s administration announced in August a plan to roll out third shots to everyone, not just the immune compromised already able to receive them, starting …
US OKs new use for Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 diagnosis Kumar Jeetendra | September 17, 2021 Alaska’s state epidemiologist says Alaska is experiencing “one of the sharpest surges” in COVID-19 in the country.Dr. Joe McLaughlin added that it’s not clear when the situation might stabilize. He says a lot will depend on vaccination rates and measures such as masking and distancing. Health officials says hospitals are stressed, with staffing and capacity …
Scientists foster new device to assist with giving early warning of uncommon and unknown virus Kumar Jeetendra | September 16, 2021 McMaster University researchers have created a new tool that can help identify deadly bacteria pathogens and early warning signs of unknown viruses. This algorithm can be used to develop advanced probes that capture trace amounts of pathogens from a variety of situations such as the animal-to human transmission of infections like SARS-CoV-2, or monitor environmental …
India considers continuing vaccine export soon,focus around Africa, says source Kumar Jeetendra | September 15, 2021 India is considering resuming exports of COVID-19 vaccines soon, mainly to Africa, as it has partly immunised a majority of its adults and supplies have surged, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. India, the world’s biggest maker of vaccines overall, stopped vaccine exports in April to focus on inoculating its own population …
